Reality-Loop

  • August 02, 2011

    Quotes of the Week: From NDC 2011

    My favorite quotes from NDC 2011: There is no measurement for technical dept. But the closest measurement is lines of code.- James Shore It is all very complicated but not magical!- John SkeetTheir "one-click-deploy" involved a telephone call, co...

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  • July 21, 2011

    Entering the age of JVM Language Wars?

    After the Browser Wars it seems that we are entering an age of the JVM Language Wars. It seems that everybody who has spent a decent amount of time with Java suddenly feels the need to create the "next big language for the JVM", the successo...

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  • July 19, 2011

    Feature Branching vs. Continuous Integration

    I posted my thoughts to the topic of Feature Branching vs. Continuous Integration some month ago.Now here is a very good video interview where Mike Mason and Martin Fowler characterize Feature Branching and the problems that may result from it and...

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  • July 17, 2011

    Quotes of the Week: JavaScript

    A very large group of developers still thinks of JavaScript as a joke.- davy brion JavaScript is Assembly Language for the Web.- Scott HanselmanJavaScript is the ugly duckling among programming languages. It takes time to embrace it and discover i...

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  • July 14, 2011

    Kindle = Free Internet Access

    Recently I bought a Kindle 3G. I am living in Switzerland and I bought it from Amazon.com. Amazon offers free internet access with this device over the cellular network. Everywhere, globally. The goal is that you can access the Kindle shop and b...

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